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Independent Funeral Director research report 2025
Now in its fifth year, our annual Funeral Director Survey provides a clear, independent snapshot of how UK independent funeral directors are adapting to the post funeral plan regulation landscape.The…
What is the real average cost of a funeral in the UK in 2025?
FSE recently released our 2nd study into the real average cost of a funeral in the UK in 2025. Working with funeral sector trade body The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors…
UK Funeral Plan Market; sales recovery and direct cremation ascendancy
In our recently published 2025 funeral plan market report we use our expertise, market understanding, other subject expert views, and extensive consumer research to explore a continuation of key…
What is the real average cost of a funeral in the UK in 2024?
Funeral Solution Expert recently released an independent study into the average cost of a funeral in the UK. We previously called out in our last 2 Annual Funeral Plan Market reports as to how Over…
UK Funeral plan market: starting to settle but mind the gap!
Much has already been written about the impact on the funeral plan market of meeting FCA regulation back in July 2022. We explored this fully in our 2023 Funeral Plan market report published in May…
FSE Independent Research Report 2023: Is the grass greener or is it all about regulatory status?
Our 3rd annual review of independent funeral directors, takes a snapshot of views just over a year after the funeral plan sector was regulated by the FCA. 140 funeral directors took part and in doing…
Funeral plan regulation brings customer confidence amid provider expectation of FCA consumer duty scrutiny
There is little doubt that the funeral plan sector has experienced a seismic shock from being regulatory ready for July 2022. Funeral Solution Expert (FSE) have undertaken a comprehensive review of…
FCA regulation welcomed by most Funeral Directors in rooting out the ‘Cowboys’, while 1 in 10 contemplate a change in direction
In Autumn 2022, we worked with NAFD to explore Funeral Directors views on the implementation and impact of FCA regulation, as well as their satisfaction with their funeral plan firms. Overall, we…
Ashes – are they mounting or shifting?
FSE already knows through previous research studies that those left behind don’t all feel the same way about cremated remains. Whether they feel connected or totally disconnected to them or whether…
Environmental impact – how consumers judge new and existing body disposal methods
What do consumers say about existing and new body disposal methods – and which new method rates highest for being helpful to the environment.We’ve previously provided insight (chipboard coffins and…